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W. G. GOOGH 85 J. OLSEN.

WASHING MACHINE.

N0. 346,473. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

WFMMW Qfigyggyxtor: (Lama f M W'HEATLEY G. GOOCH AND JENS OLSEN, OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

MACHINE.

ESL ECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent 330.346. 173. dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed March 23, 1885. Serial No. 150,835.

. vented a new and useful device in the form of a \Vashing-Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The following description fully explains the nature of our invention and the manner in which we proceed to construct,apply,and op erate the same, the accompanying drawings being referred to by figures and letters.

Figure 1 gives a view of the elevation with part of the tub cut away, showing the shoes of the stamp and the corrugated bottom. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thelower frames, showing rollers and steps. Fig. 4 is a view through the line a 1/, Fig. 1, showing two sections of the corrugated bottom, a section of the stamps, and the lever to the outlet-plug. Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the stamps, and showing the cam and guide-rollers. Fig. 6 shows the guideroller frame in two views. Fig. 7 is asection of the drum, showing the corrugated bottom and the tube in the center,the steps and rollers with frame, and the lid of the drum with its recess and springs. Fig. 8 is a section of the rollerguide frame showing the rubber springs. Fig. 9 is a view of the tube showing the hooks for attaching the same. Fig. 10 is a view of the same, showing the arrangement of the lever and the plug for the outlet. Fig. 11 isa plan view of the tube. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the lid ofthe drum with hinges and detaching section of the lid, and the upright posts with springs.

Referring to Fig. 1, a is the driving-gear attached to the frame of the machine; I), the stamps surmounted by an iron cap and terminating with a rubber-covered shoe attached to the stem,as shown in Fig. 5; c,ca1ns forlifting the stamps; (Z, the drum or washingtub made of galvanized iron and rotating upon four castiron rollers. The true or outer bottom of the drum is made of hard wood, and has a beveled edge for the play of the rollers. Upon this bottom is laid in sections the wash-bottom f, of hard wood corrugated. In the center of (No mod I the drum is the galvanized iron tube e,in which is placed the levcrj, connecting with the outlet-plug 'r.

In Fig. 3, g are the rollers upon which the drum rotates, and 71. the steps for the vertical shaft and for the drum-pivot.

In Fig. 4 the shoe z of the stamp is shown, two sections of the corrugated bottom f, and the leve1.-j,connccting with the outlet-plug 0'.

Referring to Figs. 5, G, the stamp b shows the shoulder for the cast-iron cap and the shoe attached; 0, the cam working upon a rubber surface; k, the guide-rollers for the stamps, and Z the frame for the guide-rollersin two sections.

In Fig. 7 there is a section of the drum (2, the lid m of the same, showing the springs 92- for keeping it in place, the tube 0 and the corrugated bottom f; and Fig. 8, a section of the roller-frame 7t,showing the rubber springs 0.

In Figs. 9, 10, 11, the hooks 11 attach the tube to the bottom of the drum, and the lever j connects with the outlet-plug r.

In Fig. 12, s is the detaching section of the lid of the drnm ,showing the opening t for the stamps and the manner of closing the same.

The operation of our washing-machine is as follows: The clothes are put into the large galvanized iron drum with water and detergent material, and the lid which is hinged near the center closed. The crank, which is fixed on the shaft holding the cams,revolves and raises the stamps, which drop by their weight as soon as they disengage from the cams, and by the same action of the crank the drum rotates on its pivot. The rotation of the drum produces very little friction, as it turns on four cast'iron rollers which play in the beveled edges of the hard-wood bottom of the drum. The drum is geared to the vertical shaft, the lower cog wheel of which meshes into the corrugated band of iron fastened to the lower outer end of the drum. The action of the cams is as sisted by the strip of rubber against which it works. The rubber is about an inch wide,and

is let into the face of the stem of the stamps, as well as by the guide-rollers onthc opposite side of the stamp, and the rubber spring attached to the roller-frame and which is separated from the rubber frame by a small section of lignnm-vitre or other hard wood, as shown This arrangement greatly lessens in Fig. 5.

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tube of galvanized iron about eightinehes longand six inches diameter. This tube serves to keep the clothes from the center of the drum and under the stamps. It is attached to the bottom of the drum by hooks, and in it is placed the lever connecting with the rubber plug to the outlet for the water from the drum.

The corrugated bottom of the drum,whieh, with the stamp-shoes,constitutes the washingsurface of our machine, is arranged around the drum in eight sections. The shoe of the stamp is of a peculiar construction. It is composed of three or more pieces of hard wood faced with rubber and lying parallel, and separated by small detached blocks of wood, and is riveted together by copper bolts. It is attached to the stem, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut, is

1. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the revolving tub, of the pounders, eonstrneted as described, and their stems, of the segmental cams described,0perating upon the stems to raise them by frictional contact, as set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the revolving tub,havin g the central opentopped cylinder 0, as described, of the plug 0', adapted to enter an opening in the side of the tub, connectingrod extending from the plug to the bottom of the cylinder,and leverj, pivoted in the cylinder 0, and adapted to operate the plug, as and for the purpose set forth.

\VHEATLEY G. GOOOH [L. s] JENS OLSEN. [L. s.]

\Vi tu esses:

A. B. SMITH, WILLIAM PATTERSON. 

